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(11) | EP 2 728 188 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | An oil pump for a hermetic compressor |
| (57) An oil pump for lifting lubrication oil from an oil sump is disclosed, said oil pump
comprising a cylindrical shaft, an outer pump element comprising a cylindrical bore
larger in diameter than the shaft, one or more spiral grooves arranged in the outer
surface of the shaft and/or in the inner surface of the bore, and means to cause a
relative rotation between the shaft and the bore around their common longitudinal
axis. Furthermore, a compressor comprising such an oil pump and a hermetic compressor
comprising a closed vessel, a part of which vessel consists of a rupture disk dimensioned
to burst at a predefined bursting pressure are disclosed.
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